Last week, the Convention Center’s participated in the CPower Emergency Demand Response program (i.e. – the Electricity Load Shedding Event). The event began at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday tested the facility’s ability to reduce electricity demand in the event of a power shortage. CPower is working with the electricity conglomerate PJM to manage the electricity grid in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM operates a competitive wholesale electricity market and manages the high-voltage electricity grid to ensure reliability for more than 65 million people.
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